Tag: History

• ‘The Victorian Freak Show’- Craton, Lillian

  The Victorian freak show was at once mainstream and subversive. Spectacles of strange, exotic, and titillating bodies drew large middle-class audiences in England throughout much of the nineteenth century, and souvenir portraits of performing freaks even found their way into Victorian family albums. At the same time, the imagery and practices of the freak show…

  The Disability Archives

  7th Dec 2023

  Academic, Adult, Age, Author, Book Type, C, Disability, Disability Studies, Disfigurement, Dwarfism, Genre, Historical, Literature Studies, Misc, Non-Fiction, Physical Disability

  Academic, Charles Dickens, Disability History, Disability in Literature, Disability Studies, Disfigurement, Dwarfism, Fatness, Florence Marryat, History, Lewis Carroll, Literature Studies, Maupassant, Non-Fiction, Physical Disability, Read By Archivist, Stand Alone, Victorian Literature, Wilkie Collins

• ‘The Right to Maim’- Puar, Jasbir K.

  In The Right to Maim Jasbir K. Puar brings her pathbreaking work on the liberal state, sexuality, and biopolitics to bear on our understanding of disability. Drawing on a stunning array of theoretical and methodological frameworks, Puar uses the concept of “debility”—bodily injury and social exclusion brought on by economic and political factors—to disrupt the…

  The Disability Archives

  18th Nov 2023

  Academic, Age, Author, Book Type, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, LGBTQ+, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, P, Philosophy, Transgender

  Academic, ANIMA: Critical Race Studies Otherwise, Biopolitics, Disability Politics, Disability Studies, History, Israel, LGBTQ+, Non-Fiction, Palestine, Philosophy, Politics, Queer Politics, Race Politics, Series, Social Issues, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, Transgender

• ‘Physical Disability in British Romantic Literature’- Joshua, Essaka

  The modern concept of disability did not exist in the Romantic period. This study addresses the anachronistic use of ‘disability’ in scholarship of the Romantic era, providing a disability studies theorized account that explores the relationship between ideas of function and aesthetics. Unpacking the politics of ability, the book reveals the centrality of capacity and…

  The Disability Archives

  18th Nov 2023

  Academic, Age, Anthology, Author, Book Type, Disability, Disability Studies, Essays, Genre, Historical, J, Literature Studies, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Physical Disability

  Academic, Britain, British History, Disability History, Disability Studies, English Literature, Essays, Frankenstein, History, Literature Studies, Non-Fiction, Physical Disability, Read By Archivist, Romantic Literature, Stand Alone, Submitted Book

• ‘No Right to Be Idle’- Rose, Sarah F.

  During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Americans with all sorts of disabilities came to be labeled as “unproductive citizens.” Before that, disabled people had contributed as they were able in homes, on farms, and in the wage labor market, reflecting the fact that Americans had long viewed productivity as a spectrum that varied…

  The Disability Archives

  27th Oct 2023

  Academic, Age, Author, Book Type, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Historical, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, R, Sociology

  Academic, American History, Disability History, Disability Studies, History, Non-Fiction, Politics, Sociology, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, USA

• ‘Jubilee’- Johnston, KT

  A Junior Library Guild exclusive selection! Lis Hartel became paralyzed after contracting polio in 1944. Her dreams of riding horses and competing in the sport of dressage were shattered. After months in the hospital, doctors told her she’d never ride again. Lis tried anyway. How do you stay on a horse without using your legs?…

  The Disability Archives

  23rd Oct 2023

  Age, Author, Autobiography, Book Type, Childrens, Chronic Illness, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Disability Aid User, Genre, Historical, J, Middle-Grade, Non-Fiction, O, Paralysis, Physical Disability, Picture Books, Polio, Therapy Animal

  Childrens, Chronic Illness, Creative Non-Fiction, Denmark, Disability History, Dressage, History, Horses, Middle-Grade, Non-Fiction, Olympics, Paralysis, Physical Disability, Picture Book, Polio, Sports, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, Therapy Animal

• ‘Disability Pride’- Mattlin, Ben

  An eye-opening portrait of the diverse disability community as it is today and how attitudes, activism, and representation have evolved since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In Disability Pride, disabled journalist Ben Mattlin weaves together interviews and reportage to introduce a cavalcade of individuals, ideas, and events in engaging, fast-paced prose.…

  The Disability Archives

  1st Oct 2023

  Age, Author, Book Type, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Historical, Journalism, M, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Sociology

  Activism, American History, Disability Activism, Disability History, Disability Justice, Disability Politics, Disability Pride, History, Journalism, Non-Fiction, Politics, Social Issues, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The ADA, USA

• ‘Decarcerating Disability’- Liat Ben-Moshe

  Title: Decarcerating Disability Subtitle: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition Author: Liat Ben-Moshe Other Contributors: N/A Subject: Decarceration, Abolition, Deinstitutionalization, Racial Desegregation, Politics, Sociology, Pyschology Publisher: University of Minnesota Press Published: 2020 ISBN/DOI/EISBN: 978-1-5179-0443-2 [ID: A book cover. The background is cream, with several green circles on the left side. In the centre, the circles appear to…

  The Disability Archives

  29th Sep 2023

  Academic, Age, Author, B, Book Type, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Psychology, Sociology

  Disability Politics, Disability Studies, History, Non-Fiction, Politics, Psychology, Race, Social Issues, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book

• ‘Crip Kinship’- Kafai, Shayda

  The remarkable story of Sins Invalid, a performance project that centres queer disability justice. In recent years, disability activism has come into its own as a vital and necessary means to acknowledge the power and resilience of the disabled community, and to call out ableist culture wherever it appears. Crip Kinship explores the art activism…

  The Disability Archives

  25th Sep 2023

  Age, Author, Book Type, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Historical, K, LGBTQ+, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Queer, Sociology

  Activism, American History, Art, Art History, Disability Activism, Disability Art, Disability History, Disability Justice, History, LGBTQ+, Non-Fiction, Politics, Sins Invalid, Social Issues, Social Justice, Sociology, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, USA

• ‘Capitalism and Disability’- Russell, Marta

  This book comprises a collection of groundbreaking writings by Marta Russell on the nature of disability and oppression under capitalism. Spread out over many years and many different publications, the late author and activist Marta Russell wrote a number of groundbreaking and insightful essays on the nature of disability and oppression under capitalism. In this…

  The Disability Archives

  13th Sep 2023

  Academic, Age, Anthology, Author, Book Type, Disability, Disability Studies, Essays, Genre, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Philosophy, R

  Activism, Anthology, Capitalism, Civil Rights, Disability Activism, Disability History, Disability Justice, Disability Politics, Disability Studies, Economics, Essay Anthology, Essays, History, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Politics, Social Issues, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, USA

• ‘The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Disability’- Barker, Clare. Murray, Stuart

  This Companion analyzes the representation of disability in literatures in English, including American and postcolonial writing, across all major time periods and through a variety of critical approaches. Through the alternative ideas of mind and embodiment generated by physiological and psychological impairments, an understanding of disability narrative changes the way we read literature. With contributions…

  The Disability Archives

  12th Sep 2023

  Academic, Age, Anthology, Author, B, Book Type, Disability, Essays, Genre, Literature Studies, M, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction

  Anthology, Cambridge Companion, Disability History, Disability in Education, Disability in Literature, Disability Representation, Essay Anthology, Essays, History, Non-Fiction, Read By Archivist, Series